Religion & Spirituality - 31 July 2007

all of a sudden since we took Him out of our schools and out of government why are there now school shootings and why do they seem to happen more often now.. and also why does it seem like kids these days aren't really learning morals like I did when I was a kid.. and I am only 29 years old, but I grew up in a simpler time where not too much was happening and you never heard of school shootings. Emo wasn't even heard of. Kids just dealt with their problems or actually saw a therapist or counselor of sorts. Nowadays they bottle stuff up inside and cry about it all the time and take it out on their classmates in a violent manner.. Like that one guy in Virginia who recently shot up his college.. Uh yeah they all picked on me and blah blah I never made friends blah blah blah so I took it out on my classmates and many other people.. Dude seriously get a life and forget about it thats what I have to say about it.

2007-07-31 15:56:05 · 8 answers · asked by biking for life 4

What do you like or dislike about the Gothic Cathedrals?

2007-07-31 15:54:27 · 13 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV)

"It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17 NAB)

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)

2007-07-31 15:53:58 · 20 answers · asked by 飞龙 1

I would like to talk to you? If you are there I would like you to email me and explain. or Explain on here if you like.

We have all felt lost, I have.

Jesus loves you

God bless.

2007-07-31 15:52:51 · 6 answers · asked by Michael M 3

We all know the stories about the disciples in the boat. But here is something that we may overlook, or might not catch. Luke 8:22, "Now it came to pass on a cerain day, that Jesus went into a ship with His disciples: and He said unto them, 'Let us go over unto the other side of the lake.' And they launced forth." Now we know what happens after this, a storm blows up, the boat is starting to sink. They go and get Jesus, and He rebuked the winds and waves. And He says to them in verse 25, "Where is your faith?" or I believe the account in Matthew says, "O ye of little faith." Now that is the story, and you might say that is to show that Christ had power over nature, which He did, but there is more. God orders the steps of the righteous, and if Jesus says that we are going, we are going to get there. In this story Jesus said that they WERE going to the other side, it didn't matter whether there was a storm or not. If God says it that settles it. All we need to do is have faith.

2007-07-31 15:52:30 · 12 answers · asked by Joel 2 5

why is it when ever i tell people i'm wiccan they automatically think i'm a "devil worshiper"? how can i be when i don't even belive in that crap? or that i'm a witch? i am not a witch. wiccan is a belief in nature that dates back pre-christian.

2007-07-31 15:51:51 · 34 answers · asked by Shorty 1

......."inhabitants" of earth called humans while other inhabitants
are called cats, birds & etc. ; and no human has superiority
over another by being smaller , bigger , better or "so called
God's chosen people" ?
Can you understand that this unjust & discriminatory &
racist claim has made millions of non Hebrews very angry ?
Now that we see the religion has become race , would you
claimers(Hebrews & Christians) honorably appologize others?

2007-07-31 15:49:42 · 16 answers · asked by revoltingmuledropedriderfromback 1

Is this when the zombies, like in Dawn of the Dead, will attack? Should I start stashing non-parishable food in my attic?

OR!!!(better yet) should I buy a few acres of land, have a well, and make a garden and have a bunch of fertilizers...and of course build like a 50 foot high concrete wall and the only way in is with a rope ladder!

2007-07-31 15:49:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone told me this and i'm not sure if its true or not. That they have to put them in their will before they can join.

2007-07-31 15:48:46 · 12 answers · asked by ♥Brown Eyed Girl ♥ 5

The Christians' objection to this argument involves freewill. They say that a being must have freewill to be happy. The omnibenevolent God did not wish to create robots, so he gave humans freewill to enable them to experience love and happiness. But the humans used this freewill to choose evil, and introduced imperfection into God's originally perfect universe. God had no control over this decision, so the blame for our imperfect universe is on the humans, not God.

Here is why the argument is weak. First, if God is omnipotent, then the assumption that freewill is necessary for happiness is false. If God could make it a rule that only beings with freewill may experience happiness, then he could just as easily have made it a rule that only robots may experience happiness. The latter option is clearly superior, since perfect robots will never make decisions which could render them or their creator unhappy, whereas beings with freewill could.

2007-07-31 15:43:13 · 18 answers · asked by 飞龙 1

2007-07-31 15:40:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus is quoted many times in the Bible saying that a believer can ask for anything through prayer and receive it. He even goes so far as to say that mountains and trees can be thrown into the sea simply by praying for it. This is clearly a lie, and can be proven to be a lie by any believer.

And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22 NAS)
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 NAB)

2007-07-31 15:36:32 · 25 answers · asked by 飞龙 1

Why are there so many posers in this thread?

Atheists. Why do you spend so much time in religion? You don’t believe in it move on. The only logical reason you people spend so much time in here is because you all crave attention and need to feel hated upon because in real life everyone accepts you (well for the most part) You all seem to want to be victimized which is a whole other topic in itself. You spend all your efforts trying to prove that something isn’t there. That’s like saying I know Bigfoot doesn’t exists I haven’t seen him. If that was the case then in my world Australians would be extinct, because the only one I have ever known is dead.

Wiccan/witches/whatever. You all seem to claim that you are peaceful and not judgmental. You people are the single most judgmental people in all of Y!A. You try and teach us all about your way of life and the majority of you do not even know it yourself. True wiccans consider it an insult to be called witches.

2007-07-31 15:35:33 · 33 answers · asked by Scratchy_Joe 4

2007-07-31 15:33:02 · 32 answers · asked by . 6

2007-07-31 15:32:46 · 20 answers · asked by Joe 1

the SAME evidence, the same facts. We all have the same earth, fossil layers, animals, plants, stars etc. that we use to prove that God does or doesn't exist.

The difference is the way that we all interpret the facts. We interpret them differently because we start with different presuppositions or axioms.

So chill out with the angry and rude responses jeesh! Don't know why you're getting all hot and bothered :) I'm seeing a lot of "PROVE IT!" flying across here.

I'm sure I'll get a lot of arguments and questions arising from my own, but I'm not debating this one people. We DO have the same facts, it's all how we interpret them. I for one will continue to say that God exists, and you will never change my mind. Peace. :)

2007-07-31 15:32:07 · 11 answers · asked by Amanda L 3

2007-07-31 15:29:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-07-31 15:29:49 · 9 answers · asked by nobody 2

i was wondering what everyone thinks

2007-07-31 15:29:11 · 7 answers · asked by Laughing Man 4

hi all...

I woke up this morning with my air conditioner going off then coming back on two times, then, off..

and, then, I realized, that how much I take electricity for granted..how blessed we are to have it..- really think about it-

finally, my electricity came back on, and, I thanked God, for it, because he created it, and, i thanked Our Lord God, that he created a man who could harness it... Ben Franklin...

what an awesome God we Have...thank you Jesus!!

2007-07-31 15:28:29 · 19 answers · asked by Winters child 6

so far?

2007-07-31 15:27:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 15:26:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone believe that they need to obey every law in affect? Since so many believe that we are born into sin does this negate our need to try to be Moral.
This question may seem to be across the board but it would appear that every time a Moral question arrises then we feel the need to impliment a new Law. [Abortion for instance] or drug use etc. etc. but does anyone realize that with each new law we loose that much more freedom that we will never get back. There are so many in fact that I don't believe that anyone even tries to obey them all, just the ones that pertain or that we truly fear the consequences of. So is the general census that a Law is a deterant? If that were the case then what happened with prohibition and why is there still so much drug use?
Comments please and Thanks in advance.

2007-07-31 15:22:54 · 13 answers · asked by Beneplacitum 3

The one when Skinner gets sacked and Flanders becomes the school principal; towards the end, Bart is trying to get Flanders sacked and the superintendent doesn’t want to sack him but then he hears Flanders say over the PA, “Let’s all thank the Lord for another beautiful day.” Then the superintendent goes, “That sounds like a prayer. A prayer in a public school, a public school is no place for prayer…”

Another instance is when Homer is about to have heart surgery and he’s kneeling at the side of his hospital bed praying until a nurse coughs and points to a sign that says, “No praying.”

Am I reading too much into this or is it playing up the Christians annoying habit of thinking they’re being persecuted?

2007-07-31 15:22:36 · 7 answers · asked by Desiree 4

Please answer this without saying "God" is a myth?

Please answer this without saying that the "Big Bang" is only a theory (hypothesis)?

(I am curious to hear your reasoning. - I have a prima facie idea but would enjoy your thinking on the subject.)

2007-07-31 15:20:00 · 31 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3

just a silly question?

2007-07-31 15:18:23 · 11 answers · asked by spaced out muppet 1

they believe in christ so why are they not considered Christian?
and dont give me the baloney "because they dont belive in Christ the way i do" each of the Christians cults worship christ in a diffrent manner.

for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life...JOHN 3:16

2007-07-31 15:14:25 · 17 answers · asked by just wondering 1

Does anyone know a simple way to cast circle?

2007-07-31 15:07:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 15:05:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend said that he was Agnostic in a sort of way. He blieves in God, he believes in the 10 commandments including all man is =. He uses his intellect, seeing is believing in a sort of way. He believes the Big Bang, evoloution, DNA.
He believes Death is natural way, a mysterious death that all humans, living things is connected to Birth-----time---then death.
he is spirtual in a kind of way, seeking the truth.
He's not atheist.

Is he really agnostic that believes in God?

2007-07-31 15:04:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous